Eyeglasses.



P, MOBWS.

EYEGLASSES. APPLQATION FILED JANA 29, 1908.

PATENTED JULY 2l, 1908,

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einen EYE GLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

Application filed January 29, 1908. Serial No. 413,157.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL Monws, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of IVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in eyeglasses and is shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a pair of eye-glasses showing my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the eye-glasses in their normal position g Fig. 3 is a similar plan view showing the position of the parts when the bridge spring is sprung to engage it with the nose, Fig. 4 is a view showing the construction of the nose-guard when designed to be engaged with studs in that form of construction in which the nose-guards and bridge spring are made from separate pieces of metal.

My invention relates to that class of eyeglass frames in which the nose-guards are made from a single piece of spring wire and particularlyA to that class in which spring loops are used for the nose-guards. Heretofore in the construction of these devices, those nose-guards which have employed the two loops or a like construction, have consisted in the spring wire being first carried downward some considerable i distance and loop forming the lower end of the nose-guard; it is then carried upward with a return loop forming the upper loop of the nose-guard, and this upper loop, which is formed on the free end of the spring wire, has been commonly located between the lenses and adjacent to the plane of the bridge spring so that, when the device is placed on the nose, the loops on the free ends of the spring wires forming the noseguards have been designed to hold the glasses in place. In this old form of construction the lower loop is the more rigid owing to the fact that it is connected directly with the ear or stud and therefore when the glasses are placed on the nose, the greater resistance to the action of the bridge spring in forcing the nose-guards against the nose comes on the lower or more rigid loop as a matter of fact and as these loops are located out of the plane of the bridge spring the resistance that they ofler to the action of the bridge tends to twist the glasses from the face rather than to hold them in place.

spring wire of which the nose-guard is made, proceeds rearwardly from its connection with the ears a4 at a only a sufficient distance to clear the bridge spring b and then extends upwardly to bring the iirst loop a/ approximately within the plane of the bridge spring l l). It then extends downwardly through the portion a2 and forms the lower loop a3, this lower loop being set forward a sufficient distance to bring itsubstantially in line with the plane of the lenses d d and with the center or fulcrum of the bridge spring l).

By reference to Fig. l the upperI loop o is shown to be within and between the ends of the bridge spring t and consequently some considerable distance back of the center or fulcrum of the bridge spring as shown in Fig. 2. This location of this first loop is such that when the bridge spring is expanded as shown in Fig. 3, the axis of rotation being substantially the center of the bridge spring, the loops a are separated or carried outward and thereby prepared to engage with the nose, and when so engaged with the nose they grip it firmly by reason of the fact that they are comparatively rigid, the loop being formed near the supported end of the spring wire. By carrying the ends of the bridgespring backward from the ears, the center of the bridge will be close to the nose of the wearer and by locating the holding-loops between these rearwardly extending ends the force of the bridge-spring is applied where most effective, i. c., inward upon the holdingloops. The loops a3, however, being extended forward sufliciently to bring them in line with the center of the bridge spring and with the center of rotation of the parts when the spring is expanded are separated a less distance than the loops a and when the eyeglasses are attached to the nose these lower loops a3 being located on and formed from the outer or free end of the spring metal have greater resiliency and press less firmly on the face than the loops a. lower loops is mainly to keep the glasses from rotating on the nose, the loops a being rilied upon principally to hold the glasses in ace. p Fig. 4 is designed to show the variation in which the upper loop a is to be engaged with the stud of the glasses, leaving the free or resilient loop 0,3 extending downward.

The advantages of my invention are a I rmer hold on the nose due to the direct ap- -In my construction shown herein, thel The function of the plication of the force of the bridge-spring,

` accomplished by locating the loops having the greatest resisting power in the plane or' and between the ends of said spring; the elimination oi' any tendency to tilt owing to the action of the bridge-spring; and the holding of the glasses in their proper position upon the nose without interfering with the application of the force of the bridge-spring where most eilective.

Having described my invention what l claim is:

1. ln eye-glasses, a nose-guard consisting of an upper and lower loop of spring metal, said nose-guard being supported from the eye-glass -frame by the up er loop which is located substantially in t e plane of the bridge-spring oi said frame, whereby greater resiliency is given to the lower loop which is located below the plane of said spring.

2. In eye-glasses, nose-guards consisting of a double loop formed 'from a single continuous strip of spring metal, said noseguard being supported from the eye-glass frame from the up er loop which is located substantially in t e plane of the bridoespring, whereby greater resiliency 1s given to the lower loop and the force of the bridgespring taken by the more rigid upper loop.

3. ln eye-glasses, the combination or' the bridge spring, the ears to connect the bridge with the lenses and nose-guards consisting of an upper and lower loop formed from a single strip of spring metal and connected with the ears throughA the upper loo said upper loop being located approximate y in the plane of and between the ends or' the bridge, whereby the loop oi the greater rigidity receives the thrust of the bridge spring substantially as described.

4. In eye-glasses, the combination with an eyeglass-frame and its bridge spring, oi noseguards Jformed from a single strip o'l' spring metal attached to the frame near the ends l of the bridge at one end and extending upwardly therefrom and thence downwardly forming the loop 0/, thence downwardly from l said loop to lorm the loop a3 at the free end of the spring strip substantially as described. 5. ln eye-glasses, the combination oi2 the l bridge spring, the ears, and the nose-guard consisting o'l an upper and lower loop formed from a single strip of spring metal and conl nected with the ears by the upper loop, said 4 upper loop located lwith and between the ends ol the bridge spring and the lower loop located approximately on a line with the lenses and center oi the bridge spring below the plane of said bridge, whereby the u per loops are caused 1 to separate a greater cistance in expanding 1 the bridge spring to engage the glasses with the Jface and the lower loops are -liree to yield independently of the bridge-spring.

6. ln eye-glasses, the combination of an eyeglass-'frame having ears, a bridge-spring attached at its ends to the frame n ear said ears and extending rearwardly therefrom, l nose-guards 'formed from a strip oi spring ``metal each supported 'from the eyeglass- I 'frame at one end and bent to Jform an upper loop adjacent to said end and extending downward and formed into alower loop at its 'free end, said upper loop being supported substantially in the plane of the bridgel spring and between the rearwardly extendl ing ends o'l` said spring, and the lower loop y being supported below the plane of the bridgespring and i'orward of its rearwardly extending ends.

In testimony whereof l ailix my signature in presence oi two witnesses.

' PAUL MOEWS. Witnesses:

MARION M. TrroMsoN,

l i l l l A. O. LITTLE, y

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